Schumer on Sandy | Frivolous suits | Pier 55 | Staten Island rising

Five years after Superstorm Sandy struck, Lower Manhattan is far from ready for anything like it happening again, Sen. Charles Schumer and Downtown Alliance head Jessica Lappin write in an op-ed that lays out what needs to be done and how much it will cost. Read it here.

Or has the lawsuit culture suddenly become a serious threat to eateries?

Adam Morey of an Albany-based tort-reform group explains why frivolous suits are not so funny to restaurateurs in this op-ed.

What the Pier 55 deal tells us about New York

Developer Douglas Durst wasn't interested in killing Barry Diller's project so much as in holding it for ransom—namely, funding to complete the rest of Hudson River Park, which abuts one of his properties. And he got it.

Crain's Editor Jeremy Smerd writes that the deal says a lot about how things get done in New York.

The construction boom's virtuous cycle

Economists call it the virtuous cycle. Those two words describe the boom in construction that is supercharging the city's economy, as Greg David explains.

Staten Island rising

Giant wheel projects in Beijing, Berlin, Dubai, Dublin, Melbourne, Orlando and Singapore have faced funding or construction issues or were scrapped altogether. So why do the investors in Staten Island's giant attraction think it will pay off? Joe Anuta reports in a special section devoted to development on the city's so-called Forgotten Borough. Also, check out this editor's note about the island's largest commercial landlords.

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